Kerhonkson is a very small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 1,722 people and two associated neighborhoods, Kerhonkson is the 639th largest community in New York.Kerhonkson is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kerhonkson is a town of professionals, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Kerhonkson who work in maintenance occupations (11.49%), sales jobs (7.93%), and management occupations (7.53%). Of important note, Kerhonkson is also a town of artists. Kerhonkson has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Kerhonkson’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.39% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Kerhonkson, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Kerhonkson is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.The population of Kerhonkson overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Kerhonkson, 23.43% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Kerhonkson in 2022 was $28,357, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,428 for a family of four. However, Kerhonkson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kerhonkson is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kerhonkson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kerhonkson residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Kerhonkson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.29% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kerhonkson include Irish, Italian, Polish, Dutch, and German. The most common language spoken in Kerhonkson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
